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Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

1,560,22itf HARRY L. HUDSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Application led February 6, 1923. Serial No. 617,305.

To all whom t may cci/noem Be it known that I, HARRY L. HUDSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and ixlsheful Improvement in Tables, of which` the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a table, particularlv a kitchen table, provided with a fold- 1U .ing chair which, when folded, may be moved into a position out of the way under the table top and which may be drawn out from under the table top and unfolded into position for use. i The object of my invention is to provide certain improvements in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts lwhereby the chair may be readily manipulated and which will be very simple, strong and durable.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying dra-wings, in which Fig. 1 represents the table in front elevation, showing the seat in its folded position lbeneath the table top;

Fig. 2 represents a similar view showing the seat 'drawn out from under the table top and unfolded into position for use;

Fig. 3 represents a section taken in the plane of the line III-III of Fig. 1;

Fig. l represents a section taken in the plane of the line IV-IV of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 represents a section taken in the Ii" plane of the line V-V of Fig. 2.V

The folding seat comprises a sliding member 1; a supporting vmember 2; a seat member 3 and a leg member 4. The supporting member 2 is hinged at 5 to the outer edge of ''f the sliding member 1; the seat member 3 is hinged at 6 to the outer edge of the supporting member 2; and the leg member 4. is hinged at 7 to the under side of the forward portion of the seat member 3.

The sliding member l is provided with oppositely arranged horizontally disposed pins S which are arranged to slide on tracks 9 carried by the peripheral apron 10 depending from the tabletop 11.

A supporting bar 12 is carried by the apron 10 parallel to and below the tracks 9 for supporting the chair in its folded position under the table top 11 within the apron 10 as will hereinafter appear'. A-

The seat portion 3 may be provided with a finger recess 13 for facilitating the manipulation of the chair. y l

The front member of the apron 10 is provided with a shouldered slot 14 through which the folded chair is moved into and out of its operative position, said slot 1a being provided with `shoulders 15 on `which the sliding member l rests when the chair is withdrawn and unfolded for use. .o A

Stops 16 at the front ends of the tracks 9 serve to engage the pins 8 of the sliding memberto limit the outward movement of the sliding member when the folded chair is withdrawn into position to be unfolded for use.

Presupposing the chair to be in its folded position under the table top within the apron 10, the parts are manipulated to bring the chair into position for use as follows: The projecting outer edge of the seat ortion 3 of the chair is grasped and the fo ded chair is withdrawn through the slot 14 until the outward movement is stopped by the engagement of the pins 8 with the stops 16 leaving the sliding member resting on the shoulders 15 of the slot 14;. The supporting .member 2, seat member Brand leg member L1 are then unfolded to bring the leg member into engagement with the floor and to bring the supporting member into engagement with the outer face of the apron 10. The chair is then ready for use and is very rigidly supported.

To return the chair to its inoperative position, the supporting and seat members are brought into horizontal alinement with the sliding member and the leg member is then folded against the seat member. The chair is then moved inwardly through the slot 14 to its position underneath the table top 95 withinV the apron 10, it being understood that the bar 12 serves to support the folded chair in this position.

'It is evident that various changes may be resorted to in the construction, form and 300 arrangement of the several parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence, I do not wish to limit myself to theparticular embodiment herein shown and described, but

Nh-at lt claim is:

1. The combinationwith a table, of a folding chair comprising a member slidable infguides beneath the table top, a supporting member hinged at its rear edge tothe front edge of the sliding member, a seat member hinged atv its rear edgeto-thefront edge of the supporting member, and a leg member hinged at its upper edge to the front edge of the seatv member.-

2. The combination With a table, of a folding cha-ir comprising a member slidablein guides beneath the table top, a supporting member hinged at its rear edge tothefront:v

edge of the sliding4 member, a seat member hinged at its rear edge tothe frontv edge of the supporting member, and a leg .member hinged at its upperv edge to the front edgel ofthe seatj member, the, chair when folded having itsV sliding, supporting and seat members .arranged in horizontal` alinement` with the legmember folded underneath the,

same.

3. The combination with` a table provided withxan apron having a shoulderedy slot,'of a folding Veh'air movable into and out` ofoperative position through said slot, said/chair,

comprising a member slidable inguides beneath the table top, and arranged, When pulled out tothe limit of its forward movement, 4to rest on the shoulders of said slot, a supportingvmember hinged at its'rear edge to the' front edge of the slidingmember in position when unfolded to rest against the apron, a seat member hinged at its rear edge to the fronty edgeV of the supporting member and a leg member hinged at its upper edge to the front edge of the seat member.

4. The combination with a table provided .with an apron having a shouldered slot, of

position when unfolded to rest against the4 apron, a seat member hinged at its rear, edge to the front edge of the supporting ,Y member and a yleg member. hinged at; ltsyupper edge to the frontY edge of the seatmember,

the ohair,-When folded, having its sliding,

supporting and seatA members in horizontal alinement, and theleg member foldedun-l derneath the same.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I4 vhave signed my name.

this 31st day of January 1923.

HARRY L. HUDSON. 

